New Media Expo Keynote To Be Debut Episode of Web Series Inventing the Future

Premiere episode of interactive show to be filmed live in front of New Media Expo and BusinessNext Social audience of bloggers, podcasters, web video creators and social business thought leaders

December 19, 2012 --

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New Media event producer BlogWorld announced today that Inventing the Future, the new program from media visionary Robert Tercek, will be a highlighted keynote session of its 2013 New Media Expo and BusinessNext Social in Las Vegas on January 8, 2013. The debut episode of the show will be filmed live on stage, marking the first time in history that a closing keynote has been a live television show.

The show's first episode will be filmed live in front of thousands of new media content creators and thought leaders in marketing, mobile, social and web technology. Tercek and his partner Barry Krause, CEO and Founder of Suite Partners, Inc. and its LiveLab Network, will transport the entire set for Inventing the Future across country from Chicago for the event.

BlogWorld CEO Rick Calvert is thrilled with this pairing. "We're so honored that Inventing the Future has selected New Media Expo and BusinessNext Social for its premiere episode. This a great example of what our conferences are all about: the marriage of new media content and digital commerce to create a rich, interactive entertainment experience for audiences and marketers that want to reach a highly engaged audience."

Unlike any program before it, Inventing the Future will converge live experiential and social media interaction with real time optimization to delve deeply into what's next after what's next. "Inventing the Future is not exactly a TV show," said Robert Tercek."Think of it more like an example of what comes next after TV. It's a show that is designed, from the ground up, to incorporate social media, gaming, and live interactive features that will give the audience a meaningful way to participate."

New Media Expo and BusinessNext Social take place concurrently January 6-8, 2013 at Las Vegas's Rio Conference Center. Other announced speakers include UFC President Dana White, author and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki, social media investors Tyler & Cameron Winkelvoss, and over 150 other thought leaders from new media, IT, PR, marketing, and social media. To register, click here.

BusinessNext Social is the world's premier social business conference for business owners, marketing executives and online entrepreneurs. Attendees learn how to effectively use social media, content and mobile marketing, and social analytics to reach new customers, build online communities around their brands and grow their businesses on the social web with best strategies and marketing practices imparted by social media thought leaders and business icons. Leveraging blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook and more, plus the newest cutting-edge social platforms for business, will be discussed in presentations by social business experts, icons and influencers.

New Media Expo (NMX), formerly BlogWorld & New Media Expo, is the first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference and media event geared specifically for content creators including Bloggers, Podcasters, Web TV & Video seriesproducers, and is dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of new media.Thousands of leading content creators, representing more than 50 countries, come to network and learn about Content Creation, Distribution, Monetization and Social Media Marketing strategies, including step-by-step techniques and leading-edge tools from the most successful and influential new media pros. Additionally, NMX features a resource-packed trade show, the industry's only comprehensive new media exhibition for finding solutions and making important new media technology, service and product purchase decisions.